Lloyd’s CEO Inga Beale named 'insurance woman of the year' by APIW

The chief executive officer of Lloyd’s Inga Beale has been selected as this year’s recipient of the APIW Insurance Woman of the Year award.

APIW is an organisation dedicated to the advancement of professional insurance women. Beale will be honoured by the APIW on July 13 at an event in New York.

Beale joined Lloyd’s in January 2014. Previously, she was group chief executive of Canopius, a prominent Lloyd’s managing agent. Prior to that, she spent four years with Zurich Insurance, including a period as global chief underwriting officer. She was group CEO of Converium, the Swiss mid-sized independent reinsurance company and, while there, she led a major turnaround of the business before it was acquired by SCOR in 2007.

Beale started her career as an underwriter with Prudential before spending 14 years in a variety of international roles for GE Insurance Solutions. She is a member of the UK Government’s Financial Services Trade and Investment Board and the London Mayor’s Business Advisory Board. In July 2016 she also joined the board of the Chartered Insurance Institute. She was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2017 New Year’s Honours.

APIW president Susan Zdroik said: "APIW is proud to bestow this honour on Inga Beale. She is a wonderful role model for women in crafting a career that is varied and challenging in order to reach the highest level of leadership as Lloyd’s CEO.

"Her exceptional leadership, as well as her support for women, are some of the fine qualities that APIW looks for in the recipient of this highly prestigious honour. She has portrayed exemplary professionalism in all of her endeavours and is highly respected in the insurance industry and beyond."

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